Topic: Chocolate Brandy Pie


michelle    -- 08-03-2003 @ 8:33 AM
  One of my favourite desserts

Base
225g digestive biscuits
150g butter

Filling
300ml milk
25g castor sugar
25g plain flour
1 1/2 teaspoons cornflour
2 eggs beaten
25g butter
100g plain chocolate
2 teaspoons brandy
icing sugar
150ml double cream

crush biscuits. melt butter and mix well with crumbs. press mix into base and up sides of a pie dish. place in fridge and chill for 2 hours

in a large bowl blend sugar, flour, cornflour and eggs. Gently heat milk. Pour over egg mix stirring all the time. Return mix to pan, cook over a gentle heat stirring all the time until mixture thickens. Remove from heat and stir in brandy, butter and chocolate. Allow to cool slightly then pour over biscuit base. Dust with icing sugar to prevent skin forming. Refrigerate until cold. Whip cream then spread over top. Decorate with grated chocolate


diana    -- 08-03-2003 @ 6:39 PM
  Hi Michelle,

Thank you for sharing your recipe for Chocolate Brandy Pie. I will post it on my website under the Guest Recipe Book, and it will be under the Pies and Tarts category.

How many servings does this pie make? Usually I bake pies in a 9-inch pie pan, and it makes approximately 8 servings.

I will let you know when it's been posted to my site.

Sincerely, Diana
Diana's Desserts
Email Address: diana@dianasdesserts.com


diana    -- 08-04-2003 @ 10:10 AM
  Hi Michelle,

Did you receive my email about posting your recipe on my website?

Here is the link to click on to bring you to your recipe on this website.

Chocolate Brandy Pie
http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/recipes.recipeListing/filter/guests/recipeID/1729/Recipe.cfm

Sincerely, Diana


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